In Defense of the Marfa Lights

These days, Marfa, Texas, is a mecca for art and artists. But Mitchell Flat, a vast stretch of ranch land to the east of Marfa, is a much older mecca, not for art, but for lights. Since the 19th century, reports of mysterious or unexplained lights have intrigued and confounded folks from west Texas for years. Some visitors declare distant, moving lights to be mysterious while other, more skeptical visitors say they are just ranch lights and headlights.

While the skeptics assure themselves these are ranch lights or headlights from a far-off highway, can we really be sure?